Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

A little leaven leaveneth the whole lump.

Bible References

General references

Matthew 23:33
Ye serpents, ye generation of vipers, how can ye escape the damnation of hell?
Matthew 16:6
Then Jesus said to them, Take heed and beware of the leaven of the Pharisees and of the Sadducees.
Mark 8:15
And he charged them saying, Take heed, beware of the leaven of the Pharisees, and of the leaven of Herod.
Luke 12:1
In the mean time, when there was gathered an innumerable multitude of people, so that they trod one upon another, he began to say to his disciples first of all, Beware ye of the leaven of the Pharisees, which is hypocrisy.
Luke 13:21
It is like leaven, which a woman took and hid in three measures of meal, till the whole was leavened.
1 Corinthians 5:6
Your boasting is not good. Know ye not, that a little leaven leaveneth the whole lump?
1 Corinthians 15:33
Be not deceived: Evil communications corrupt good manners.
2 Timothy 2:17
And their word will eat as doth a canker: of whom is Hymeneus and Philetus;